Proud to be White...Michael Richards(Kramer from Seinfeld) makes his point
@StrawberryKisses (2833)
Canada
February 26, 2009 8:48am CST
Hi everyone...
I got this email yesterday and wanted to share it with you all. I hope it doesn't get deleted and I hope it does not offend anyone, that is not my intention.
[b]"Some See the truth. Others bury their heads in the sand.
This is great. I have been wondering about why Whites are
Racists, and no other race is.
Proud to be White...Michael Richards makes his point...
Michael Richards better known as Kramer from TVs Seinfeld
Does make a good point.
This was his defense speech in court after making racial
comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points...
Someone finally said it... How many are actually paying attention to this? There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab
Americans, etc. And then there are just Americans. You pass me on the
street and sneer in my direction. You call me 'White Boy,' 'Cracker,'
'Honkey,' 'Whitey,' 'Caveman' ... And that's OK.
But when I call you, N1gger, T0wel head, Sand- n1gger, Camel J0ckey,Be*ner, G00k, or Ch1nk ... You call me a racist. You say that whites
commit a lot of violence against you... So why are the ghettos the most
dangerous places to live? You have the United Negro College Fund. You have Martin Luther King Day.
You have Black History Month. You have Cesar Chavez Day. You have Mauled
Al-Nabi. You have the NAACP. You have BET... If we had WET (White
Entertainment Television), we'd be racists.
If We had a White Pride Day, you would call us racists. If we had White
History Month, we'd be Racists. If we had any organization for only whites
to 'advance' OUR, lives we'd be Racists.
We have a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a Black Chamber of Commerce, and
then we just have the plain Chamber of Commerce. Wonder who pays for
that?? A white woman could not be in the Miss Black American Pageant, but any
color can be in the Miss America pageant.
If we had a college fund that only gave white students scholarships ...You
know we'd be racists.
There are over 60 openly proclaimed Black Colleges in the US . Yet if
there were 'White colleges' That would be a Racist college.
In the Million Man March, you believed that you were marching for your
race and rights.
If we marched for our race and rights, you would call us racists. You are
proud to be black, brown, yellow and orange, and You're not afraid to
announce it.
But when we announce our white pride, you call us racists. You rob us,carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white Police officer shoots a
black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and
posing a threat to society, you call him a racist. I am proud... But you call me
a racist. Why is it that only whites can be racists?? There is nothing improper about this e-mail. Let's see which of you are
proud enough to send it on. I sadly don't think many will. That's why we
have lost most of OUR RIGHTS in this country. We won't stand up for
ourselves!
BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!
It's not a crime yet, but getting real close!"[/b]
I agree with what he says... White people are the victim of racism too but no one sees it that way.. We should just suck it up and move on....
What do you think of what Michael Richards had to say? Do you agree or disagree? Why or Why not?
P.S. MyLot proves what he says.... when I tried to submit this all the "White" racial slurs were ok to go through but NONE of the racial slurs for other ethnic groups could.
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7 responses
@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
26 Feb 09
OMG thank you!!!
I got an email that said all that and i have been saving it until I could copy/paste
I of course agree with all of it!
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@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
26 Feb 09
oh and you forgot the racial slur "marshmallow"
yes I have been called that
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
26 Feb 09
LOL Your welcome... I copy and pasted exactly as I got it and didn't see marshmallow LOL What the heck does that mean? I have never heard it used. Im gad you like this one I am just worried it is going to be deleted.
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@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I was called "marshmallow" by a group of colored guys when I was a teenager
and I am sure they didnt mean that I was sweet and tasty LOL
if it gets deleted it will only prove your point
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@stardustw83 (435)
• United States
27 Feb 09
I have to say first of all I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE HAD SO LITTLE RESPONSE TO THIS POST second i TOTALLY AGREE. I have been saying this to my husband for some time that i don't think that its fair that we are scrutinized against for peoples past crimes based on OUR color. Think about it because im a white person people think that i decinded from a slave owner yet who is to say that is the truth.
Come to think about it if you hear a African American say n!gger in a comdey show its funny but if a white person says it they get no laughs only looks of disgust. Do i agree with what white people did decades ago of course not but will we wever be able to come from under the scope for those peoples mistakes? Of course not. It's sad but its the truth.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
27 Feb 09
You know I thought I would have gotten a ton more responses on this one too. I think the sooner people realize that this is the truth the sooner we can actually try to live in harmony with one another.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
26 Feb 09
Exactly Wont... The fact is it is SOOOO true. Like I said it was an email I got but I guess if you can't actually give your honest view on it then you could have just moved on.....
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
26 Feb 09
Seriously? You don't see how it matters if what you post & forward is accurate?
Attributing statements to someone who didn't make said statements is wrong whether the statements are brilliant or moronic.
In this case, the statements are moronic. There isn't (for example) a White Businessman Assoc. because "white" is not a nationality. If a person of Irish descent wanted to start an Irish Businessman Assoc, there would be nothing racist about it. Black is more or less interchangable with African-American. I suppose it would be more accurate & more PC if these organizations were called "African American Assoc of Whatever" but aside from that there is a difference between starting an organization to support others like yourself and starting an organization to harm others not like yourself. You want to show your proud of your heritage, start a scholarship fund for whatever nationality defines you- no one would suggest that's racist or inappropriate.
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@wonttakelong (3555)
• United States
26 Feb 09
It doesnt really matter who exactly said it
its all TRUE!
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@messageme (2821)
• United States
27 Feb 09
That is very true what he has said. I have never thought of this before, but after reading it and thinking about it. Man it is so true! What bothers me the most is what you said at the end about mylot and then I went back up to see what you had filled in for the other racial slurs and couldn't believe it!! I didn't pick up on that the first time I read it. It is very disturbing!! I can see this discussion being deleted because you have mentioned on of there flaws about them being racist themselves by not allowing those words to go through. I really hope mylot does read this and hope they come to there senses and fix that.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
1 Mar 09
Well so far so good. It has been up for a few days already LOL I had never thought of it that way before reading it either. Thanx for your response
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@snowcat46 (2322)
• United States
26 Feb 09
I'm not a racist in any form. But I agree completely with what he's saying. I don't like him, and I don't like slurs on anyone. But it is true that other colors can insult us but we aren't allowed to answer back in kind.
I've suffered from it myself. I'm a white woman. At work, the Vietnamese were allowed to work part-time because they had children. The whites were not. We could find baby-sitters. If we were late, it was counted against us. It wasn't against them.
The Spanish (not all, just a couple of them) had to have the best of everything. If they turned on a light, it had to be answered before anyone else's. Even if there were 15 on ahead of them, if they weren't answered first, they screamed discrimination. Everything was discrimination. If they did something wrong, and it had to be corrected, it was discrimination that they got wrote up. So they weren't.
It was the people themselves, not the races causing the problems. They used their color to be treated better than others. (Their own people wouldn't sit with them, they were ashamed to be associated with them)
There will always be people wanting to ride the system, to take advantage of others. It's not just race. That's just one of the things they use to put others down. A person is a person, irrespective of race or religion or anything else. A priest can be a child molester, white or black or pink with purple polka dots.
Whether I like Richards or not, what he says is the truth. It's a sad day that it is.
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@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
26 Feb 09
I agree.... I don't understand why we put up with it....
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@isabella123 (688)
• Canada
27 Feb 09
I TOTALLY AGREE!!Here i said it,and i am not racists at all but I AM REAL PROUD TO BE WHITE and so what if some peoples don't like it.I have tons of friends from other race and they are proud of who they are so i don't see a problem with wanted to be proud of who i am.Thank you for your discussion,i find it really interesting.
@StrawberryKisses (2833)
• Canada
1 Mar 09
Thats exactly what everyone needs to realize. Thank you for your response.
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@drknlvly6781 (6246)
• United States
4 Mar 09
And this is from a black woman; you are completely right. Its a double standard that has been around for way too long. The biggest reason I feel this is true is that there is a deep-seeded resentment over all that went on during slavery and segregation. Unfortunately, the racism from white people towards black people is the most well known, so society has tries to compensate. Unfortunately, its an over compensation.
The thing is, what can be done on an individual level? The only thing that we can control is ourselves. Always remember, any prejudgment of a person simply based on their skin color is racism; anyone can be racist. So the only way that any of this will get better, is if we take the time to govern ourselves the right way. Easily spoken, but not easily done.
To answer your question, I still don't like what Kramer did to land him in court, but what he said is true. Its okay to be proud of your race, no matter what race that is. The problem only comes in when you believe that your race is better than any other. That is the line that Mr. Richards crossed.